L’elisir d’amore
A classic boy-meets-girl comedy with the softest of hearts and the sweetest of melodies.
Performance Dates
About the opera
Tumbling from melody to melody, this is opera with a song on its lips and a spring in its step – a light-hearted look at small-town life and the magic that happens when you start believing in yourself.
Nemorino loves Adina, but why would she – wealthy, clever, beautiful – ever look at a boy like him? Enter Dr Dulcamara, whose lotions and potions promise instant, and magical, results…
A sun-kissed score sparkles with mischief and glows with affectionate humour. Annabel Arden’s 1940s-style production catches the colour, bustle and gossip of Donizetti’s effervescent score while hinting at a darkness lurking just beyond the horizon – a political storm cloud threatening to break over this happy community and their endless summer.
Audio description and touch tours: for audience members with hearing and/or visual impairments, there will be a performance with a pre-recorded introduction and touch tour on Wednesday 22 November. Find out more.
Creative team
Conductor
Adam Hickox
Director
Annabel Arden
Designer
Lez Brotherston
Movement Director
Leah Hausman
Lighting Designer
Giuseppe Di Iorio
The Glyndebourne Sinfonia
Leader Richard Milone
Fortepiano Continuo
Matthew Fletcher
The Glyndebourne Chorus
Chorus Director Aidan Oliver
Cast includes
Adina
Mariam Battistelli
Nemorino
Filipe Manu
Rhys Batt (17 November)
11 November: Rhys Batt sang the role from the side of the stage for Act II whilst Filipe Manu walked the role on stage
Belcore
Theodore Platt
Dr Dulcamara
Tiziano Bracci
Giannetta
Ffion Edwards
Dulcamara’s assistant
Maxime Nourissat
Andrew Hayler (17 November)
Actors
Jofre Caraben van der Meer
Anthony Kurt Gabel
Andrew Hayler
Bailey Pepper
Assistant Conductor
Ashley Beauchamp
Music preparation
Matthew Fletcher
Harry Rylance
Henry Websdale
Language coach
Alessandra Testai
Assistant Director
Rebecca Marine
Assistant Movement Director
Jofre Caraben van der Meer
Supertitles
Richard Dearsley
Photos
Photos by Simon Annard
Performance timings
11, 17, 25 November
1 December
Gardens open: 2.00pm
Opera starts: 4.00pm
Interval (20 mins): 5.05pm
Opera resumes: 5.25pm
Opera ends: 6.20pm
22 November
Gardens open: 5.00pm
Opera starts: 7.00pm
Interval (20 mins): 8.05pm
Opera resumes: 8.25pm
Opera ends: 9.20pm
Illustration © Katie Ponder
